Belize ninety-two, Panama eighty-eight and with that score Belize’s unblemished record on the court continued in the COCABA Championship for men. Although Team Belize is not ranked among the top fifty, our dream team defeated Panama despite its ranking as twenty-ninth on the world basketball charts. Team Belize proved too much for Team Panama. Despite […]
The game between Belize and Panama is over, but the tough battle is still looming ahead and it’s not even with the Mexican team either. It is the International Basketball Federation’s vehemence for claiming that most of the players who were not born in Belize were naturalized citizens, and only one of which would be […]
The COCABA games in Cancun are the first in a series of competitions that lead to the 2012 Olympics in London. That begs the question, “Are the rules and regulations for a person or team representing Belize at the Olympics any different than the FIBA regulated COCABA games?” That’s what News Five Jose Sanchez asked […]
There are several issues of interest that have come out of Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. There will be a changing of the command of the Belize National Coast Guard on Friday August fourteenth. And on that same date, a ceremony for the groundbreaking and contract signing for the phase-one reconstruction of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex […]
As we said earlier in our newscast, cabinet confirmed that there will be a change of command in the Belize National Coast Guard. In its latest release, Cabinet confirmed that Admiral Cedric Borland will be succeeded by another Borland—his vice commandant, Commander Johnnie Borland. News Five caught up with the incoming commandant who says the […]
The local branch of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) is officially no more. That’s the word coming from the Supervisor of Insurance, Alma Gomez. In a release issued today, it was confirmed that the CLICO portfolio will be transferred to RF&G Life Insurance Company. On Monday, Justice Michelle Arana granted the order for the transfer. […]
The proposal to finally settle the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute at the International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) sparked debate among Belizeans at home and abroad. And it was a major step for both countries when a compromis, or special agreement, was signed on December eighth, 2008, outlining the question to be asked in a simultaneous referendum […]
Fourteen years; that’s the sentence handed down to forty-two year old Tong Sheng Zhang after his murder conviction today. Zhang had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter and was facing a life sentence for fatally shooting his friend, Chi Cheong Chan, over money in March of last year. It was around five p.m., […]
A Tuesday night out on the town turned into a nightmare for a twenty-three year old female from Santa Elena, Cayo. The woman reported to police that while attempting to access a club’s restroom, she was accosted by a dark complexioned man who threatened her and forcibly had sex with her in the bathroom before […]
Police ruled his death a suicide while family members call it a homicide. The death of sixteen year old Kevin Francis Jex continues to be contentious. Last week his uncle, Elton Jex, held a press conference at his home and called names of people he claims could help unravel the mystery. On that list… Charles […]
A boyfriend and girlfriend caught with drugs were charged jointly today after a search of their home yielded six pounds of marijuana. The police anti-drug unit made the discovery at around eleven-thirty on Tuesday. Today in court, twenty-two year old Marion Parks and thirty-five year old Rutherford Zelaya each faced one count of Drug Trafficking. […]
